Cue the sad violin music as we take a look back at some of the technology staples we lost in 2017.

The iPhone Home Button

It finally happened. Apple nixed the home button on its newest and most expensive iPhone, the 10th anniversary edition known as the iPhone X.

Instead of a home button, the phone can be unlocked using facial recognition. For everything else where you would use the home button, fluid gesture controls will do the trick. Instead of holding the home button down for Siri, you can just say "Hey Siri" or press the larger side button.

Could this be the future of the iPhone? While the iPhone 8 and its home button are still an option, we'll have to wait and see if Apple completely does away with the home button when it releases its next iPhone - which will likely be September, going by the company's historical pattern.

The home button which doubles as a fingerprint sensor is seen on an iPhone 5S.Stephen Lam / Reuters file

iPod Nano and Shuffle

Now that most of us listen to music and streaming services on our smartphones, the iPod seems a bit archaic. While the revolutionary device that literally put music in your pocket changed how we listen to and buy music, Apple decided it was time to move on this summer, officially discontinuing two of the three remaining products with the iPod name.

Apple still sells the Wi-Fi-enabled iPod Touch, so it's not yet the end of the iPod era.

Vine

The six-second video looping platform turned some extremely entertaining people - from daredevils to comedians - into money making machines.

While Twitter gave us notice in 2016 that it would shut down Vine, the service officially closed its doors in January 2017, giving us plenty of time to say our goodbyes and for those Vine stars to save their precious videos.

AOL's Instant Messenger logoAxel Heimken / AP

AOL Instant Messenger

Many 90's kids couldn't wait to come home from school to log on to AIM to share the latest gossip with friends, post a status update, and perhaps even chat about homework.

Introduced as a stand-alone download in 1997, AOL Instant Messenger was, in many ways, a precursor to the social media world we know today.

However, adoption changed as text messaging took over and newer, more mobile-friendly products came onto the market, including Google's GChat and Facebook's Messenger.

Net Neutrality

While the dust hasn't settled yet, the decision clears the way for internet service providers to engage in behavior such as blocking, paid prioritization and slowing down certain websites.

Those celebrating the end of net neutrality, including Chairman Ajit Pai, the architect of the plan to overthrow the Obama-era rules, claim a "light tough" approach will lead to more innovation and investment, ultimately benefiting consumers.

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), pauses while speaking during an open meeting in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 16, 2017. The FCC plans to vote in December to kill the net neutrality rules passed during the Obama era.Zach Gibson / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Yahoo

Despite suffering through financial issues and two high profile hacks, the company's core business was sold to Verizon, which has placed it under a new parent company called Oath. Another former late 90's and early 2000's darling, AOL, is also in the Oath family, which all together says it can reach more than one billion people.

Alyssa Newcomb

Alyssa Newcomb is an NBC News contributor who writes about business and technology.